Older Course Notes

Saturday - Day 2

11:15 AM - The wind is shifting and there is now a cross headwind
from lane 7 to lane 1.

9:49 AM - The wind is picking up again, with a cross tailwind from
lane 7 to lane 1.

9:25 AM - The wind has died and the course is calm.

8:41 AM - Welcome to day 2 of the NCAA Championship regatta. Today's
racing includes the Division III finals, Division II repechages and
Division I semifinals. Racing begins at 9 AM. The skies clear but
temps are still cool.

Friday - Day 1

3:55 PM - The wind is again a quartering headwind from lane 7 to
lane 1.

3:40 PM - The wind is now a direct headwind.

3 PM - Racing is underway. There is a strong quartering headwind
from lane 7 to lane 1.

1:30 PM - Race reports for the morning races have been updated with
official finish times. Qualifier and repechage races will begin at
3 PM.

9:11 AM - There is a patchy cross winds from lanes 1 to 6, but the
water is otherwise calm.

The Course

Lake Natoma is located in the metropolitan Sacramento area [ Google
Maps ], near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It
is fed by the snow melt by the American River and is a year-round,
multi-use recreational area.

The race course is a world-class facility for rowing, kayaking, canoeing,
and other water sports. The facility is run by the Sacramento
State Aquatic Center and the California State Parks and Recreation.

About JAMCO Race Bulletins

Unofficial Times — JAMCO takes its own finishing times
and those are the first finishing times to appear on JAMCO's real
time race result pages. Those pages are marked "unofficial"
because the Regatta Committee is also taking finishing times, and
its times are the "official" times. The Regatta Committee
provides JAMCO with its "official" times after the races
are over, and JAMCO then enters the "official" times on
its reports. Therefore, there may be a considerable delay in replacing
the "unofficial" times with "official" times,
but the order of finish should not change."

Color Coding — Real time movements by crews during each
500 meter interval are highlighted by different colors. Gold (yellow)
crews are closing on the leader in the current 500. Silver (light
blue) crews are closing on the second place crew, but falling further
behind the leader. Bronze (orange) crews are closing on the third
place crew, but falling further behind the leader and the second place
crews. White crews are falling further behind all three leading crews.
Quite often, when a crew turns gold, it takes the lead in the next
500.

Printing Tips — When printing JAMCO race bulletins,
you may get better results if you set your browser to print background
colors and images. If you are using MS Internet Explorer, go to Tools
-> Internet Options -> Advanced and scroll down to where you
see "Printing - Print background colors and images."

Automatic Refresh — During the race, JAMCO updates race
results every 500m. JAMCO web pages showing real-time results are
designed to automatically reload or refresh every 30 seconds. If you
are viewing a race in progress and the page does not automatically
reload, please press the "Refresh" or "Reload"
button on your browser.

Team JAMCO

JAMCO is completely run by volunteers, for the benefit of the rowing
community.

The following people were on the course helping to bring you split
times. On Friday morning, we were assisted by Ally, Dennis, Elizabeth,
and Jessa. On Saturday, Cheryl, Deborah, Patty and Pete. On Sunday,
Cheryl, Dale, Dennis and Melissa.

Special thanks to Bob Whitford and Cindi from the Aquatic Center
and Dave Lee from Prairie Rowing.